Game apparatus.



PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

No. 745,865. V

H, 0. KRAMER. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1903.

NO MODEL. 4

Patented December 1, 1903.

HENRY CARL KRAMER, OF EAST PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

SFEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,865, d t d D b 1, l903.

Application filed June 26, 1903. Serial No. 163,279- (No model.)

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To put my invention into practice, I provide Be it known that I, HENRYCARL KRAMER, I an oblong board, the one end of which is cira citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at East Pittsburg, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gameapparatus, and has for its object to provide a game whereby aconsiderable amount of skill will be required to play the same; andanother object of the invention is to provide a game wherebyconsiderable amusement will be derived from the same.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a game which willbe readily understood by the player and one which will be extremelysimple to manufacture and easily manipulated by the playersparticipating in the game.

Briefly described, my improved game consists of providing an oblongboard around which is secured a wire mesh, the front end of said boadhaving a stock or shield secured thereto, and near the rear end of saidboard I provide two upwardly-extendin g arms, between which is pivotedthe platform, having connected thereto a pendulum, and upon the platformis adapted to be positioned a figure of any described character.Adjacent to this platform and preferably in front thereof I secure aloop, the ends of said loop being countersunk in the base of the board,one end of said loop being in alinement with the pendulum carried by theplatform, while the other end thereof is secured in such a position asaccess may be had to the loop by a ball with which the game is played. Iemploy a one, which is adapted to be used by the players when it isdesired to play the game.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout th e severalviews, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of thegame-board. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailview of the elevated platform, and Fig. 4: is a view of the cue.

cular, as indicated at 1, and secured to the edges of said board by anydesired means is a wire mesh 2, which is adapted to be secured to theside of the board and project upwardly at an angle of forty-five degreesto the plane of the board, said mesh near the front end of the boardhaving its upper edge cut away, whereby a gradual descent to the frontend is accomplished, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Toprotect the top edge of the mesh and present a smooth edge thereto, Icover the same with some stiff material, said material being riveted orsewed to the mesh, as it may be desired. To the front end of the board 3I secure a stop or shield 4:,which is adapted to project slightly abovethe board and prevent the ball 5 from leaving the same. Centrally ofsaid board and near the rear end thereof I mount the standards 6 and 7,which have their upper ends bent inwardly, forming an axis 8, upon whichis journaled the platform 9, and secured to the lower face of saidplatform is a pendulum, carrying upon its lower end a weight 11. Mountedadjacent to the elevated platform 9 and preferably in the center of theboard I provide a loop which is secured to the base of the board, theends of said loop being countersunk, as indicated at 12, the one end 14of the loop 15 being in alinement with the weight 11, carried by thependulum 10, while the other end of the loop is adapted to lie at aplane without the bodyportion of the loop, as indicated at 15, wherebyaccess may be had to the loop and the outlet, as indicated at 14. Theball or shot 5 of small diameter is adapted to be used by the player,and in manipulating or handling the ball a one 16 is employed, said cueconsisting of a rod carrying upon its lower end a block 18, which ispreferably square in shape and formed of any hard material, whereby thesurfaces of the point of the one will have very little wear upon thesame.

Then it is desired to play the game, the figure or character is placedupon the. elevated plat-form 9, and in the drawings I have illustratedthe figure as indicated by reference-numeral 19, said figure being ofany described character as preferred by the participants in the game.The ball 5 is then placed at the front end of the board, as illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and in alinement with the end 15 ofthe loop. The player then uses the cue 16 and striking the ball forcesthe same around the loop, and upon the ball leaving the loop the same issupposed to strike the weight 11 of the pendulum 10, whereby theplatform 9 will be tilted, causing the figure or object to falltherefrom.

\V'hile I have shown and described a wire mesh surrounding a portion ofthe board, I may employ a suitable fine fabric which may be supportedupon the sides of the board, whereby if the ball should leave its pathof travel around the loop it' will be caught and prevented from leavingthe board. It is also obvious that I may employ any desired size of ballto circle or loop the loop, said ball being of such diameter as when thesame has circled the loop it will strike the weight carried by thependulum and remove the figure or object from the elevated platform. Itwill also be noted that I may enlarge the general plan of the gamewhereby the ordinary billiard-ball may be used and a convenient sizedcue employed for manipulating the same.

It will be obvio us thatvarious slight changes may be made in thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit of myinvention.

Having fully. described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a game apparatus of the character described, the combination with aboard, a surrounding mesh forming an an gularly-disposed wall around theboard and being reduced at the front end of said board, a shield mountedat the reduced end of the mesh, standards mounted centrally of the boardhaving inwardly-bent ends forming an axis, a platform journaled on saidaxis, a pendulum having a Weight at its lower end mounted in saidplatform, a loop having its ends countersunk in the board, one of saidends being in alinement with the weight, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY CARL KRAMER.

IVitnesses:

GEO. B. ROWLEY, E. E. POTTER.

